From: Raj Sahae <rajsahae@...>
Date: 2007-04-10T02:54:56+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Getting to 100 (#119)

Robert Dober wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Raj Sahae <rajsahae@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm sorry to be a noob on this, but can someone please explain to me
>> what this is doing.  If it works, it must be genius, and I can't figure
>> it out.
>>
>> Raj Sahae
>>
>>
> Actually I have no idea whatsoever, this is normally a good starting 
> point ;)
> irb is our friend of course, so let us hack away: 

Thanks for the explanation Robert.  After reading over your email, I 
also went into irb and stepped through the process even more 
thoroughly.  I'm amazed at how changing the base and then using string 
translation makes the problem so simple.